Curbside Classic Outtake: Dear Santa…

by Paul Niedermeyer

Published: December 24th, 2009

May all your Christmas, Holiday and New Year’s wishes come true. For mine to come true, Santa, this Pantera is going to need a little home-country friend to keep it company, like the one after the jump:

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Porschespeed on Dec 26, 2009
Full-time rust fixer, maybe, mechanic, I think not. That’s a Ford V8 under there, with IIRC the same transaxle as a GT40. The marginal cooling system may be an issue on a hot day, but otherwise the drivetrain is as stout as the come. Of course, they toss the rest of it in for free…. True, it has a 351, so it's rather easy to hop up. The transaxle is a classic piece by ZF. Works well, up to a point - above 800 or so HP, they tend to frag. ZF no longer does parts for it, but there's a guy that has all the parts and tools. Everybody that I know that has had one fixed the cooling eons ago - simple to do. The rest of them were pretty well sorted by the 80s. The later model GT5 is a bit boy-racer for some, but I like it in the bespoilered-Countach sort of way. The driving position is a bit classic 'ciao Sofia', but pretty livable (I'm 6'). Personally, if you're looking for something that's fun and well sorted for $50K, I'd recommend it. Bonus: you don't see a dozen of them every time you drive to McDonalds. Unlike C5s/C6s...

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- FreedMike on Dec 28, 2009
  
  True, but then again, that 'Vette probably has a decent A/C system, and won't bake you alive as you drive it.
  
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Andy D on Dec 27, 2009

British eye candy. I go to Limerock Labor Day WE for an annual dose. Veery pretty ,and I dont have to keep them going

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